In Baltimore, Obama Makes Pitch to Middle Class

Barack Obama visited a Baltimore factory to send a message about the need for middle class job creation.

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I ... the day ... talk about ... our single most important priority country right now ... and that is reigniting the true engine of our economic growth and that is a rising thriving ... middle class ... and ... the city by city Union address that ... this year ... that's our North Star ... so with folks on the swim yes to God all or effort ... you might not know if you were just ... watching the news and are ... exposed all these partisan battles brinksmanship in Washington ... but the truth is there are other reasons to be optimistic ... about where this country said ... especially after all the we've been through over the past four years ... and that's gotta hurt is to roll up our sleeves and work together and take on the challenges that are still holding back the economy ... and holding down working for ... the good news is in a little ... over three years businesses like this one have traded more than six point five ... million new jobs ... and while unemployment rate is distilled to US ... is losses been since two thousand ate ... the ... but that's not enough because we've also got a free even more good middle-class jobs and we got to invest ... corporate profits have skyrocketed to all-time highs ... now we gotta make shore ... that middle class wages and incomes are going up to ... because families ... all across America haven't seen that a co pay ... rise for nearly a decade ... that the next thinks ... it's good that companies are profitable